ENHANCING RURAL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH DIGITAL STORY VIDEO PRODUCTION AS MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: CONCEPTUAL PAPER

Abstract

Despite English Language is taught as a subject in the Malaysian primary schools, the language however is often used only during English class and not practiced because there is no call for its use outside the classroom. Based on the perspective of teacher as a researcher, the problem occurred due to the lack of exposure and usage of English Language particularly in the rural area and communities which indirectly affected student’s motivation and proficiency in communicating in the language because they have less opportunity to use the target language. Therefore, the researcher proposes a strategy to enhance students’ speaking skills through a production of a digital story video project as a consequence of the application of technology and multimedia in a project-based learning task.